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GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. [5, I915- 1,212 514 Patented Jan.16,1917.

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GEORGE W. LATI-IROP, OF ST. PAUL, AND HERMAN F. ABELS, OF MAHTOMEDI, MINNESOTA.

GUARD.

Application filed January 15, 1915.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that we, Gnoaon W. LATHRor and HERMAN F. ABnLs, citizens of the United States, residing, respectively, at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, and Mahtomedi, in the county of lVashington and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Guards, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in guards for articles of furniture, whereby articles of furniture are protected, particu larly although not exclusively in stores and show places, from becoming marred or scratched and damaged by impinging or rubbing against other articles of furniture or obstructions.

It is a constant source of damage to articles of furniture, such as bedsteads and the like by striking or rubbing against each other when they are moved from place to place, as in the act of demonstrating to a prospective buyer, and by the use of our invention, this objection is entirely overcome.

Our invention further provides a guard, which can be easily and quickly attached to or detached from an article of furniture, and adjusted to articles of furniture of various dimensions.

In the accompanying drawing, forming part of our specification, Figure 1 is a plan of a detail of a bed stead, illustrating our improved guard attached thereto; Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line X-X of Fig. 1 Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line YY of Fig. 2,; Fig. 4 is a plan of the guard rail removed from its supports; Fig. 5 is a side view' of the construction shown in Fig. 4, and Fig. 6 is a plan of a detail of an alternative construction of guard rail.

In the drawing, A indicates a detail of a bed stead of usual construction, having the usual head piece B, which is substantially similar in construction to the foot piece, which is usually employed. Our invention is adapted particularly although not exclusively for fastening either to the head piece or foot piece, Fig. 1 illustrating the guard mounted upon the head piece as when used.

The guard consists of a rail C mounted upon the angle bar 2 of the head piece B Specification of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 2,336.

in horizontal position, spaced a short distance out from said bar along each side. Said rail consists of a pair of longitudinally extensible sections 3 and at, the member 3 being rigidly secured to the cleat 5, such as by screws 6 and themember 4 being selectively attached to the outer end of the cleat 5 through a longitudinal slot 6 in member at by means of the clip 7, and a bolt 8 passing through the slot 6 and the sides of said clip. Thus by loosening the bolt 8, the members 3 and 4 can be moved together or apart and secured in selected position by tightening the bolt to adapt the guard rail to any length of head piece B, with which it is desired to use the guard. In use the guard rail is preferably extended, so that its ends project beyond the sides of the bed stead as illustrated in Fig. 1.

The guard rail is mounted upon the bar B, by means of the supports D, which are similar in construction. Each of these sup ports D, consists of an arm 9, having one end formed with a hook 10, which engages over an edge of the angle bar 2. This arm is also formed with a longitudinal slot 11 through which a bolt 12 is passed to secure a shoulder member 13 in selected position against the side of the angle bar and hold the supporting arm 9 securely on said bar, a washer 14 being placed below the head of the bolt 12. The supports D are fastened near the ends of the bar 2 with their outer ends extending out beyond the side of the bar. The outer end of each of the supporting arms 9 is secured to the guard rail by a bracket member 16, one side of which is fastened to the inner edge of the rail, such as by screws 17. A bolt 18 passing through the slot 11 and through the extending portion of the bracket 16 and a clip 19 are adapted to selectively position the guard rail on the supporting arm 9, the clip 19 being formed with downturned ends 20, overlapping the side edges of the arm 9 to reinforce the fastening means, by which the arm is secured to the rail. By this construction the rail can be selectively positioned outwardly from the side of the bar B, the tightening or loosening of the bolt 18, permitting such adjustment.

The outer vertical surface of the rail is preferably covered with buiiing material, such as felt or leather as indicated by 22,

Patented Jan. 16, 1917.

which prevents the guard rail from marring or scratching any articles of furniture or surfaces against which the bed stead strikes. In use the rail is adjusted to the article of furniture at the desired distance from the side of the bar by fastening the arm 9 to the bar in the manner above stated, and selectively positioning the rail on the supports by adjusting the bolts 18. When desired the guard rail need not be of extensible form, the construction illustrated in Fig. 6 showing a rail 21 made out of a single piece of material and having its outer edge provided With a strip of buffing material 22.

In accordance with the patent statutes, we have described the principles of operation of our invention, together with the apparatus which We now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof, but we desire to have it understood, that the construction shown is only illustrative, and that the invention can be carried out by other means and applied to uses other than those above 7 set forth Within the scope of the following claims.

Having described our invention, what We claim as new and desire to protect by Let tcrs Patent is 1. In combination with an article of furniture having a lateral supporting member, a guard rail consisting of a pair of sections, one of said sections having an extension and the other of said sections slidably disposed upon said extension, said sections and said extension having their edges disposed in the same vertical plane to form a bufier surface of substantially unbroken continuity,

and supports extending laterally from said guard rail and detachably secured to said supporting member.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a guard rail for furniture, comprising, a bar, a supporting member having a hook at one end and an elongated opening extending substantially throughout the length thereof, and a pair of members reciprocably disposed and adapted to be secured within the opening, one of said members being secured to said guard rail and the other of said members coacting with the hook end of said support to secure it to an object.

3. In combination with a bed stead having a horizontal supporting angle iron bar, a guard rail positioned alongside of said bar, and a supporting member holding said rail away from said bar, consisting of an arm having a hook on one end adapted to engage over an edge of said bar and slotted longitudinally, a shoulder piece secured through said slot in selected position against aside of said bar to secure said arm thereon, and a clip fastened to said guard rail and secured through said slot to hold said rail in adjusted positions on said arm to and from said supporting angle bar.

In testimony whereof, we have signed our names to this specification, in the presence of two subscribingvvitnesses.

GEORGE W. LATHROP. HERMAN F. ABELS.

Witnesses:

STELLA L. WAsoHENBnRGER, F. S. BRADBURY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

